JEDDAH — Al-Ittihad of Jeddah, the defending Saudi Pro League champions, will face off against New Zealand's Auckland City in the opening match of the 20th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup.
The Club World Cup tournament will be kicked off at 9:00 (...)
At least 26 people have been killed and dozens more injured in forest fires that have devastated northern Algeria.
Kamel Beldjoud, the country's interior minister, said 24 died in El Tarf, near the border with Tunisia, as well as a mother and (...)
Wildfires raging in the forests of eastern Algeria have killed 26 people, the Associated Press quoted a provisional report by the north African country's interior minister.
Most victims were reported in the wilaya, or region, of El Tarf, near the (...)
TOKYO — Saudi swimmer Yousif Bu Arish ranked 55th in the men's 100m butterfly race at the Tokyo Olympics after covering the distance with a time of 56.29 seconds, breaking his personal record in the race.
Bu Arish could have achieved a better record (...)
From wanting to quit tennis a decade ago to making a dream Grand Slam debut against Roger Federer at the US Open last month, Sumit Nagal calls himself a "survivor" and the Indian is hopeful his journey will become less arduous going forward.
The (...)
The European Union is bracing for either a no-deal Brexit or another delay if Boris Johnson becomes Britain's prime minister next week with a pledge to renegotiate a deal the bloc says it will not reopen.
The three-year Brexit crisis could be about (...)
Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant is not yet ready to resume on-court work and will be re-evaluated in a week, the team announced Thursday, shortly before Game 2 of the Western Conference finals against the Portland Trail Blazers.
That (...)
Anti-riot police officers clash with people protesting against president Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers. Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
Police have fired teargas to disperse tens of thousands of demonstrators marching through central Algiers (...)
Shopping on your phone while walking is an acquired skill.
At this point you've probably caught a zoo's worth of Pokémon, downloaded (then deleted, then re-downloaded) three different dating apps, and lured every Neko Atsume cat to your yard—what (...)
France's Gael Monfils saved a match point and battled back with sharp returns in sweltering heat to defeat Ivo Karlovic 5-7, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 in Sunday's Washington Open final.
The 29-year-old Frenchman took his sixth ATP title, his first since 2014 (...)
Borussia Dortmund beat Hertha Berlin 3-0 Wednesday to set up a German Cup final showdown with Bayern Munich May 21.
Gonzalo Castro opened the scoring in the 20th minute, firing from distance into the top right corner after Marco Reus' initial effort (...)
THERE's no need for passengers to check Easy Taxi's Social Media accounts every Thursday morning to see what surprises the No. 1 taxi hailing company is hiding for them. For it is no more an unanticipated thing since Easy Taxi has found, over (...)
Dr. Ali Al-Ghamdi
Last week, I dealt with the plight of the Rohingya Muslims who are victims of racial discrimination and ethnic cleansing at the hands of Buddhist extremists in Rakhine state in western Myanmar. The article shed light on the (...)
San Lorenzo's goalkeeper Sebastian Torrico (C in green), saves a goal during their semifinal match against Auckland City FC at the Club World Cup Soccer Tournament in Marrakech, Morocco, Wednesday. — AP
MARRAKECH, Morocco — Real Madrid's opponents (...)
Algerian club ES Setif beat Sydney's Wanderers in a long penalty shoot-out Wednesday to get fifth place in the FIFA Club World Cup.
The 90 minutes of regular play in Marrakech ended 2-2.
Dutch winger Romeo Castelen had opened the score for the (...)
RABAT — Western Sydney Wanderers came within two minutes of a dream Club World Cup semifinal meeting with Real Madrid before losing 3-1 after extra time to Mexican side Cruz Azul Saturday.
A memorable year for Wanderers, who defied the odds to (...)
TUNIS – Tunisia's main secular party that helped push ruling Islamists out of office last year is open to governing with them if 2014 elections do not produce a clear majority, its party chief said.
Three years after its uprising, Tunisia is (...)
ALGIERS — Nineteen people were arrested in Algeria's Setif region when clashes erupted between protesters and police during a demonstration against water shortages, national media reported on Thursday.
Around 300 protesters encircled the town hall (...)
STUTTGART — Fabio Fognini of Italy beat top-seeded Tommy Haas of Germany 6-4, 6-2 Friday to reach the semifinals of the Mercedes Cup.
Second-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany avoided a similar upset by beating Gael Monfils of France 6-4, 6-4 (...)
SYDNEY — Agnieszka Radwanska humbled Dominika Cibulkova 6-0, 6-0 in a ruthless display of all-court tennis to win her second Australian Open warm-up tournament in two weeks at the Sydney International Friday.
The Pole, seeded fourth for Melbourne (...)
China's currency is clearly undervalued, but pressure on Beijing to make its currency rise in value won't trim the US trade deficit with China or reduce the jobless rate, say American economists.
Political pressure is building on the Obama (...)
Actor Christian Bale can be heard in newly surfaced audio delivering a long, profanity-laced verbal thrashing to a cinematographer and anyone who tried to calm him down on the set of the upcoming movie “Terminator Salvation.”
The three-minute clip (...)
half goals gave Algeria's USM Alger a 3-0 victory over Makkah side Al-Wehdah in their Arab Champions League (ACL) match at the Omar Hammadi Stadium in Algeria on Tuesday.
Amar Amour put the home team ahead after the break with Ali Rial doubling the (...)
Ismailia has shunned the 2009 African Champions League in favor of the more lucrative Arab Champions League, a club spokesman said.
The Arab competition offers a $1.5 million first prize, 500,000 more than Africa, and Ismailia general manager (...)
I recently celebrated a milestone. I finished my first year at Newcastle University in the UK. Just three more years to go!
For those readers who have been following my journey will remember that I am working on my PhD in applied linguistics at (...)
